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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 24

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

164 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 234▼ 116 vs year ago 280 · −41.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 13▼ 31 vs year ago 49 · −63.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.55/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −75.47 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$304.55

9 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−47.25

vs TN average

−61.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	325.00	1,775	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	293.47	1,535	2thin
Medium and Large 3	553	264.50	1,461	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

304.55

—

TN average16 barns · 979 hd

351.80

−47.25

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−61.30

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−75.47

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $380.02 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,890	194.46	3,675	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	168.50	2,456	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,147	156.05	1,790	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	137.66	1,360	6thin

Every lot

43 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,747	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,032	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	337.39/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,244	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,402	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,544	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,755	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,399	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	398	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,063	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	371.80/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,699	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	293.47/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,535	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,415	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,775	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,916	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	314.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,107	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	690	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,236	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,159	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	305.39/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,367	5
Heifers	750–800	Small 1Fleshy	795	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,328	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,339	1
Heifers	850–900	Small 1Fleshy	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,699	57
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,337	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	448.55/cwt	430.00–458.00	1,660	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,526	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	422.79/cwt	422.00–427.00	1,784	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,852	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	346.24/cwt	346.00–347.00	1,800	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,967	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,077	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,205	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,890	194.46/cwt	194.00–195.00	3,675	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,229	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	130.32/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,351	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	154.73/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,668	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,253	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,168	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,655	1

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Wed Sep 24, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 234Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 13Year ago 49

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	194.00–195.00	194.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	153.00–156.00	154.73
1	—	1,355	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,590	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	155.00	155.00
3	—	1,037	127.00–135.00	130.32
2	—	878	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	167.00	167.00
1	850–900	850	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	690	324.00	324.00
57	850–900	868	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	372.00	372.00
5	450–500	457	367.00–375.00	371.80
5	500–550	546	325.00	325.00
9	650–700	670	310.00–315.00	314.42
1	700–750	715	302.00	302.00
5	750–800	775	300.00–310.00	305.39
1	800–850	815	287.00	287.00
2	850–900	892	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	523	270.00–315.00	293.47
1	600–650	645	297.00	297.00
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	530	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	430.00–458.00	448.55
6	400–450	422	422.00–427.00	422.79
4	450–500	455	407.00	407.00
4	500–550	520	346.00–347.00	346.24
1	550–600	575	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	620	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	730	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	387.00	387.00
1	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
5	650–700	665	335.00–342.00	337.39
2	700–750	728	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	795	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	960	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	397.00	397.00
1	550–600	550	360.00	360.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.